{"id":66,"date":"2008-03-11T16:05:16","date_gmt":"2008-03-11T15:05:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.maya-b.com\/?p=66"},"modified":"2008-03-13T18:25:46","modified_gmt":"2008-03-13T17:25:46","slug":"hopelessly-devoted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maya-b.com\/?p=66","title":{"rendered":"Hopelessly Devoted?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well it is absolutely is a great passion! I do find a lot of personal, ideological, not to mention political value in knitting. The greatest joy however is giving something that you made as a present and seeing the thrilled faces. No, this is not only about the unselfish act of giving; this is also about an egoistical need of confirmation. When you give away a knitted idem, people tend to love it and keep it forever, and because of that they will never forget you and always think of you with warmth as a good friend. They will also spread some good \u201dkarma\u201d about you, telling it directly to you, and to the people around them how crafty and creative you are. This of course depends on that you put some effort and though into giving them something suitable for their needs or their personality. When this is said, the chance for you liking them back is huge; you kind of have to like someone to put in the amount of work and time that is necessary for a knitted idem. So there you have it…the great knitted circle of love! This is also why I\u2019m so convinced that people who knit go along just beautifully despite their individual differences. Knitting puts you in a state of mind where you are open minded, naturally curious and willing to learn. Through my knitting I gained friendships I otherwise wouldn\u2019t even consider.<\/p>\n

Now I\u2019ve started yet another project, and this is actually for a dear friend of mine here in London. Or to be more precise, it is for my friend\u2019s unborn baby girl. She was due to arrive last Wednesday, so we\u2019re all getting a bit impatient, most of all the parents to be of course. For my version of a Pinwheel Baby Blanket I tried to chose a colour way that will contrast all the pinks that usually is loaded on small girls, as gender issues actually is a concern of mine, and I don\u2019t want to be part of a culture which \u201dboxes\u201d people from the day they are born. The main reason for me to choose this yarn, however, is the fact that it is incredible soft. It is the softest 100% pure alpaca I ever laid my hands on, and it\u2019s wonderful to work with, not putting any strain on my wrists.<\/p>\n

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H\u00e5pl\u00f8s hengivelse? Vel det er i hvert fall en stor lidenskap! Jeg finner mye personlig, ideologisk og ikke minst politisk verdi i strikkingen min. Av dette er den st\u00f8rste glede det \u00e5 gi bort noe man har strikket selv og det \u00e5 se de henrykte ansiktene som f\u00f8lger en slik gave. Da snakker jeg faktisk ikke bare om det uselviske i handlingen det \u00e5 gi, men ogs\u00e5 den rent egoistiske trangen til bekreftelse. N\u00e5r du gir bort noe hjemmelaget, har mennesker en tendens til \u00e5 bli glad i det og beholde det for alltid, og p\u00e5 grunn av dette vil de ogs\u00e5 huske deg og tenke p\u00e5 deg som en god og varig venn. For ikke \u00e5 snakke om all den gode \u201dkarmaen\u201d som dette medf\u00f8rer. De som f\u00e5r en slik gave vil nok b\u00e5de si det direkte til deg, og til andre de m\u00f8ter, hvor h\u00f8yt de setter pris p\u00e5 en slik gave og hvor flink de synes at du har v\u00e6rt. Det siste er riktignok avhengig av at du har lagt litt innsats og tanke bak hva du faktisk gir noen, slik at de f\u00e5r noe de liker eller trenger. P\u00e5 den andre siden s\u00e5 er sjansen for at du ogs\u00e5 er glad i den du gir en slik gave til temmelig stor. Man m\u00e5 nesten v\u00e6re glad i noen for \u00e5 orke \u00e5 legge s\u00e5 mye energi og tid som det strikking krever i en gave som skal gis bort. Og der har du det, strikkingens \u201dkj\u00e6rlighetssirkel\u201d! Jeg er ogs\u00e5 overbevist om at det er p\u00e5 grunn av den at strikkere g\u00e5r s\u00e5 godt over ens til tross for individuelle forskjeller og synspunkter. Strikking medf\u00f8rer en bevissthet hvor man er \u00e5pen til sinns, l\u00e6revillig og naturlig nysgjerrig. Gjennom strikkingen har jeg for eksempel f\u00e5tt flere nye vennskap som jeg ellers aldri ville ha vurdert muligheten for engang.<\/p>\n

S\u00e5 n\u00e5 har jeg satt i gang enda et prosjekt, og dette er faktisk til en god venninne av meg her i London. Eller for \u00e5 v\u00e6re mer presis s\u00e5 er det til min venninnes uf\u00f8dte datter. Termindagen hennes var forrige onsdag, s\u00e5 n\u00e5 er vi alle litt ut\u00e5lmodige p\u00e5 \u00e5 f\u00e5 m\u00f8te henne, ikke minst de vordende foreldrene. Til min versjon av sirkelteppet (kjent som \u201dpinwheel\u201d i utallige variasjoner) har jeg valgt farge p\u00e5 garnet som helst skal v\u00e6re en kontrast til alt det rosa som blir lasset p\u00e5 alle nyf\u00f8dte jenter. Kj\u00f8nnsroller er noe jeg er litt opptatt av, og jeg vil helst ikke v\u00e6re en del av en kultur som kategoriserer mennesker allerede fra dag \u00e9n. Hovedgrunnen min til \u00e5 velge dette garnet er allikevel hvor utrolig mykt det er, det er det mykeste alpakkagarnet jeg har v\u00e6rt borti. Lett \u00e5 arbeide med s\u00e5 det medf\u00f8rer ingen belastning for h\u00e5ndleddene mine. Deilig!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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